![]() “Obviously it’s not easy for our team because half of us are based in Australia so it’s a long way to go to any shows, but those boys (Jamie Kermond and Billy Raymont) have had a good summer in Europe and Scott (Keach) and I have had a good summer over here (in North America) and it’s just brilliant that we all had a good day today,” said Rowan Willis (AUS). All four of us have just got off to a brilliant start and that’s really encouraging.” “She just tries so hard for me, I don’t worry about trying to go fast because she’s naturally fast so I just have to keep my rhythm and make sure I don’t make a mistake. And Willis and his chestnut mare Blue Movie were only 0.27 seconds slower through the timers. ![]() Veniss and his fabulous stallion Quabri de l’Isle were poetry in motion, their tight turn to the third-last fence ensuring they were really competitive against the clock as they cruised through the finish in 76.68 seconds. The fastest horses were not leading so I thought if I stick to my plan I had a good chance to be in the top three today, so I actually really enjoyed my round and I can’t ask for much more!” ~ Steve Guerdat (SUI) “It was a long day waiting, we walked the course before 9am and it was nine hours later when I got on my horse but I was kind of confident because the course walked well. Guerdat was second-last to go and raced into the lead in the individual rankings when clear in 76.33. But the biggest story of the day was the stunning performance of the Australians who slotted into fifth and whose final rider, Rowan Willis (38), is lying individually third behind Brazil’s Pedro Veniss (35) in silver medal position and Guerdat at the top of the leaderboard.įrance, Sweden, Germany, Colombia and Ireland fill the remaining top-10 team places in the field of 25 nations. The defending world champions from The Netherlands jumped into second ahead of Brazil in third and USA in fourth. A colourful, testing but honest 14-fence track built by Irishman Alan Wade created spectacular sport for spectators and the 124 horse-and-rider combinations from 49 nations. Netherlands and Brazil lie second and third, but fifth-placed Aussies almost steal the show.Ī brilliant round from Steve Guerdat (36) and the fiery mare Bianca put the 2012 Olympic champion and Team Switzerland into pole position as the Bank of America Jumping Championship got underway at the FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2018 in Tryon, USA today. Super Swiss head the leaderboard after day 1 of Jumping at WEG.
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